Water-motor fan.



F. L. HURTT & A.. s. WRIGHT.

WATER MOTOR FAN. APPLICATION. FILED DEC. 4. 1914.

Patented Api'. 15,1919.

FRNK Lnunrr Ann LBRT s. WRIGHT, or oLE'vnLAND, oHIo.

wATEn-Moi'on, FAN.v

Specification of Letters Patent.

`Patented Apr. 15, 1919.

Application filed December 4, 1914. Serial No. 875,529.

To all witam t may concern:

Be it known that we, (1) FRANK L. HURTT, (2) ALBERT S. VRIGHT, citizens of the United States, residing at Cleveland,.in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Water-Motor Fans, of which the following. is a full, clear, and eXact 'description, reference being had to the accomp'anying drawings.

This invention relates to a water motor fan, and it has for its objects the provision of a cheap and. efficient fan of the aforesaid Character which is adapted to be connected to and supported from an ordinary water faucet, in various positions with respect thereto to provide means for very securely attaching the inlet connection of the fan motor to a faucet having a smooth spout; to ineorporate within the connections between the faucet and the motor, a valve whereby water may be drawn from the line without interfering with the aforesaid connections or without afi'ecting, to any appreeiable extent, the operation of the motor; and, more limitedly, to provide a water motor fan of the foregoing nature which is composed, to a considerable extent, of standard fittings, suchl as Vmay be fsecured from practically any plumbing supply house, and certain other simple especially made parts, and assembled in such a manner as to avoid the necessity of machining any of the parts in order to produce water tight joints, and to reduce the aforesaid special parts to as simple a design as possible, making the entirety a Very inexpensive structure.

In the acco-mpanying drawings, F igure 1 is a perspective View of ourwater motor fan attached to an lordinary faucet and arranged to discharge its waste water into a sink supported below Vsaid faucet; Fig. 2 is a central, Vertical section through the motor casing, on a line substantially eoincident with thecenter of the fan shaft; Fig. 8 represents an elevation from the rear ofthe fan'casing, the rearhalf of the casing being removed and certain of the' parts shown in section, and Fig. 4 is a detail of the connection between the faucet and the supply pipe of the'motor.

Taking up a detailed description of the in- Vention by the use `of reference characters, 1 represents a water faucetI to the smooth spout of which is securely clamped the opposed halves ofa split collar 2, by means vof screws 3. A cup or socket member 4:, containing a thimble or gasket 5 of suitable packing material, such as ru'bber, is supported from the split collar 2, by bolts 6 which pass upward through lateral extensions 7 of the cup and occupy recesses that are formed between the opposed faces of .the ears 8, which extend from the collar 2, the upper ends of the bolts 6 having nuts 9 applied to them whereby the cup or socket member may be firmly drawn up over the end of the Afaucet to secure, by reason of the packing material 5, a water tight joint between the cupV and the faucet.

Threaded upon the tubular Vextension 10 which depends from the cup 4, is an ordinary T fitting 11, to the bottom orl opposite end of which is applied a petV cockor Vvalve 12. The reduced, threaded end of an elbow 13 is screwed into the lateral branch of the T 11, and the opposite end of the elbow receives the lower, threaded end of a pipe 14. The upper end of this pipe has threaded upon it an elbow 15, the opposite end of which is received by av similar elbow 16 which, in turn, has its externally threaded end screwed into the end of an elbow 17 that has connection with the motor casing,-

shown lgenerally at 20. The parts between the cup 4; and the motor casing are of standard type and size, and can 'be procured easily and cheaply from the market.

By reason of the'construction so far described, there is a substantially universal movement afforded the 'fan casing with respect to the faucet, the threaded connections between the various elbows, the T 11, and the pipe 14, permitting eonsiderable play without becoming loose enough to cause leakage between the Various parts.

The motorV casing com'prises the front and rear halves 21 'and 22, respectively, and the former has a cylindrical boss 23 extending from its front face, which forms a bearing for the fan shaft .24. This bearing is lubrica-ted through a wiek 25, which 'may be saturated with a lubricant, and which occupies a vertical borewithin a boss 26 which rises from the boss 23 alongside theV front wall of the casing. A fan 27 is secured to the forward end of the fan shaft.2t, Vand to the oppositeaend of the shaft, within the casing, there is f-astened the water wheel 30.' -Preferably, the water wheel and -the' fan are serewed upon the opposite ends of the shaft 24, the threads running in the direction of reception of the inner -at this time to the rotation, so that the operation of the motor and fan will tend to keep the wheel and fan screwed tight upon the shaft. It will be observed that the water wheel is formed of an integral casting, and the only machine work required is the ta'pping of the hole for the end of the fan shaft. At the time the casing member 21 is cast, a hole is cored therethrough, near its lower end, for the reception of the tapered end of the elbow 17 and on the inside of the casing the elbow has threaded upon it an ordinary cap 31. By screwing the cap 31 very firmly upon the end of the elbow, said .elbow is drawn into very tight contact with the edge of the aperture 28, and the cap into firm engagement with the w'all of the casing, and a water tight joint is thereby eflected between the elbow and the casing. A small port 32 is formed in the side of the cap 31 by punching or drilling it, and the cap is turned so that a jet of water issuing from the port 32 will be directed against the vanes or buckets 33 of the water wheel. Attention is directed formation of the vanes or buckets 33 and to the fact that, on account of their shape, the propelling stream Strikes the inner surfaces of said buckets or vanes in a line substantially perpendicular thereto during practically all of the time that the jet is playing upon the respective buckets or vanes; and that the vanes or buckets are so spaeed about the wheel that one' bucket is not'beyond reach of the jet of water, until the next bucket isin a position to receive the same.

The casing members 21 and 22 are formed with interlocking edges, as shown at 85, and are firmly held together by tie bolts 36 which `pass through said members from front to rear, and have nuts 37 applied to them. Some satisfactory sealing material, such-as that known to the trade as *sealit is used in the joint between the casing members, as

'well as in the various threaded joints between the previously described parts. As will be seen most clearly from Fig. 3, the top of the casing is transversely ourved on an arc having a radius somewhat greater than the water wheel, and from a plane substantially coincident with the fan shaft, the sides of the casing converge toward the bottom, where they terminate in a tubular eX- tension 38, to which is applied a discharge oonduit 39, which may be a piece of ordinary rubber hose. The hose depends Vfrom the casing and its lower end lies within a sink 4:0, so that the waste water from the motor may flow into the sink without splash or noise. i

From the foregoing it will be seen that our invention provides a very cheap and eflicient fan which may be conveniently supported by a'faucet in any desired position with respect Gopies of this patent may be obtained tor required to put the thereto, and within the radius of the supporting pipe 14, and thatV a very simple and effective means'is provided for securing the i, structure to the smooth spout of an ordinary faucet; wherein very little machine work is parts involved, in condition for assembly; which does not interfere with the water Supply from the f-aucet while the same is connected therewith, and which can be operated at a very lowcost.

Having thus described our invention, what '*'we claim'is: o I i 1. A device of thecharacter described cOmprising, in combination, a casing having an aperture in a side wall and adj acent one edge thereof, a shaft journaled within one of the side walls of the casing, a fan secured to the outer end of said shaft, a water wheel secured to the inner end of the shaft, a fitting having an inward'ly converging portion which reposes within the aforesaid aperture, and a cap applied to the end of saidv fitting within the casing whereby the fitting is firmly drawn into contact with the edge of the a-perture, the cap having a port in 'one side there'of through which a stream of water is directed against the vanes of 'the water wheel, ;said port being positioned to direct the stream in the plane of the wheel and tan- Agential thereto.

2. A device of the character described comprising, in combinatlon, a casing Vthat is formed of two halves,

the 'adj acent edges whereof are rabbeted complementary to each other, means for securing-the halves of the casing together, a shaft journaled within one wall of the casing, a water wheel secured to the inner end of the shaft, a fan secured to the lopposite end' ofV the shaft, said casing being tr-ansversely curved on the top thereof and having its sides converge from a plane substantiallycoincident with saidlshaft toward the bottom thereof into an Outlet, and said casing having an aperture in a side wall adj acent said Outlet, a fitting having an inwardly converging portion which reposes within said aperture, and a cap applied to the .end of said fitting within the casing whereby the fitting is firmly drawn into contact with the edge of the aperture, the cap having a port in'one side thereof through which a stream of water is directed against the vanes of the water wheel, said port being positioned to direct the stream in the plane w a of the wheel and tangentially thereto. w `In test1mony whereof,"we Vhereunto afiix our signatures 1n the -presence of two witnesses.

` FRANK L. HRTT- ALBERT S. WRIGHT.

Witnessesz' BRENNN B. WEST, HUGH B. MGGILL.

five cents each, by addressng the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, ID. G." 

